Rightly do we regard this service as the supreme act of Christian worship
and offer thanks to Him who gave it. All the love and devotion which are
so freely poured out during the service and the infinite abundance of spiritual
power which is called down from on high in response, are gathered together
by the directing angel and shed abroad upon the world along with the benediction
given by the celebrant.

Through the ceremony of the Holy Eucharist, each time it is celebrated,
there passes forth into the world a wave of peace and strength, the effect
of which can hardly be overrated; and this, which is indeed the primary
object of the service, is achieved at every celebration, whether the priest
be alone in his private oratory or ministering to a vast congregation in
some magnificent cathedral.

Therefore it offers to us an unequaled opportunity of becoming laborers
together with God, of doing Him true and laudable service by acting as
channels of His Wondrous Power.

­From The Liturgy of The Liberal Catholic Church

In this service the people receive the blessing of Christ himself through
the Most Holy Sacrament. The "Sanctissimum" is first exposed
in the monstrance (pictured at right) for the adoration and veneration
of the people. Then the priest, covering his hands with the humeral veil,
takes the monstrance and gives the Solemn Benediction. The greatest devotion
should mark this service.

­From The Liturgy of The Liberal Catholic Church

"This is one of the most beautiful of all the services of the Church,
and yet one of the simplest. It has been called 'The Mass of the Evening,'
because the same wonderful forces are given out in it as in the Holy Eucharist."

­ Rt. Rev. C.W. Leadbeater, Late Presiding Bishop of
The Liberal Catholic Church

The pupose of the Service of Healing is two-fold; first, to bring spiritual
upliftment to those who are in sore need thereof; secondly, to give some
relief, when possible, to those who are suffering from various physical
ills.

During the annointing and the laying on of hands the attitude of the
patient should be that of love for our Lord Jesus Christ and confidence
in His mighty power. The whole nature should be opened to the downpouring
spiritual influence, even as a flower opens its petals to the sun. The
less the thoughts of a person are centered upon himself/herself at this
moment, the more the depths of his nature are responsive to the compassionate
presence of the Christ, and the greater is the possibility of cure.

The greatest means of spiritual aid and physical healing is now given
to the patient in the Holy Communion. No greater help both for body and
soul can be offered than this, for with the reception of the sacred Host
the human body becomes for a few hours a veritable shrine, radiating the
glowing love and power of Jesus Christ.

­From The Liturgy of The Liberal Catholic Church

Vespers is one of the ancient canonical hours of the church, or portions
of the divine office recited as an act of devotion. These are: Matins,
Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers, Complin. Vespers has become the
most popular of these, being well adapted to use as a public evening service.

The psalms, heralded by the key-thoughts of their respective antiphons,
serve to attune the mind to the glory of the deity. The Little Chapter
and hymn introduce other notes. Then the whole culminates in the great
outpouring of praise at the Te Deum or the Magnificat and comes to a fitting
conclusion in the peace and calm of the collects and final versicles.

­From The Liturgy of
The Liberal Catholic Church

Baptism is a sacrament by which the recipient is solemnly admitted to
membership of Christ's Holy Church and grafted into his mystical body.

The Ritual-The exorcism is intended to deaden the germs of evil in infants, or
to effect a preliminary purification in those more advanced in years.

The first anointing is, as indicated, for the strengthening and safeguarding
of the candidate and is followed immediately by the baptism in the name
of the Trinity and then by the second anointing with Holy Chrism, still
further to strengthen him/her.

Where there is a doubt about the validity or completeness of a former
baptism, the sacrament is re-administered conditionally. The pouring of
the water symbolizes both the washing away of sin and the downpouring of
power from on high.

The Holy Water font is usually placed near the entrance of the church
to show that by baptism we gain admission to the church of God.

­From The Liturgy of The Liberal Catholic Church

Confirmation is, literally, the making of the person firm or strong
in the life in Christ begun at Baptism. It has the two-fold effect of strengthening
the soul and giving it greater power to express itself through the body.

The candidate pledges himself/herself to endeavor to set aside the smaller
life of personal interests and to work for the common good. Having offered
himself/herself thereunto as a knight in Christ's service, the sacramental
act of confirmation follows and he/she is sealed once again with the sign
of the Holy Cross, the emblem of the life of sacrifice and service.